do you ever just wonder how much you exist in other people’s lifes? i’m always curious if people think of me when a certain song comes on, or when they pass by a certain place. i wonder how many stories i’ve been a part of that i may have forgotten. i wonder if i still exist in the minds of people that i don’t speak to anymore. i wonder how many times a day i pass through someone’s head.
“I am alone, I have a thousand eyes. I am part of this secretive transitoriness. The self-evident has no shame. It is light, and yet has weight.”— Bo Carpelan, tr. by David McDuff, from “Urwind,” published c. 1993
“Sometimes beautiful things come into our lives out of nowhere. We can’t always understand them, but we have to trust in them. I know you want to question everything, but sometimes it pays to just have a little faith.”— Lauren Kate
i feel really quiet and inside myself, dreaming, and i don’t want to say much out loud, i don’t want to see many people or have many conversations. something is happening.